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TOAST were amazing!
Read more: TOAST were amazing!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TOAST were amazing!! I hired TOAST for a local charity event I was organising. Everyone at the event gave great feedback about them, they sounded great, stage performance was fab and really easy to work with – they got back to me super quickly, great communication in the run up to the event. I…
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Walk as One for Weston Park Cancer Charity
Read more: Walk as One for Weston Park Cancer CharityWe were contacted by event organiser Rachael in August, inviting us to perform at the Walk as One event in Endcliffe Park. We were of course delighted to help out such a worthy cause. We were told that a stage, PA and sound engineer would be provided for the event and all we had to…
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Hathersage Gala 2025
Read more: Hathersage Gala 2025We were invited to play our third Hathersage Gala Finale Party back in May. We love this gig. Hathersage is nestled in the beautiful Hope Valley. It has quite a young demographic that, I can only assume, don’t have a regular opportunity to cut loose to live music. I only mention this because every time…
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Party in the Car Park
Read more: Party in the Car ParkThere’s something special about outdoor gigs – the fresh air, the space to dance, and the atmosphere that builds as the music carries into the evening. On Sunday 4th May 2025, TOAST had the pleasure of bringing live music to the Party in the Car Park event at Nethergreen Working Men’s Club, and it turned…
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Grenoside Beer Festival 2024
Read more: Grenoside Beer Festival 2024It was a familiar story as we played our 10th? Grenoside Beer Festival. Couldn’t find a sound guy for it this time so Ben and I resolved to do it ourselves. This went pretty well initially, not least because I’d bought an acoustic guitar sound hole plug. This solves the issues that this particular instrument…
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GAS Bar & Bites
Read more: GAS Bar & BitesThis is our first gig in Chesterfield since TOAST popped back in 2015. We made our first foray into the world of the trio with this gig too and it seemed to go down rather well. Obviously and change in line up creates the potential for snags and snafus but our trepidation meant we had…
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Katie O’Brien’s Sheffield
Read more: Katie O’Brien’s SheffieldWe found ourselves back at Katie O’Brien’s in Sheffield in March for another 90 minutes of 90s and 00s guitar hits. The “green room” is becoming more habitable. The tool boxes and plasterboard have gone and there are some lights, which is nice. We’d hoped to chuck in a few new tunes to the set…
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Katie O’Brien’s Sheffield
Read more: Katie O’Brien’s SheffieldToast were invited to play at the opening weekend of Katie O’Brien’s Sheffield, an Irish Tavern just off West Street. It has been a long time since we played at a bar in Sheffield. Indeed let the record show that our last performance at a bar was at West Street Live back in 2017. I wouldn’t go…
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Grenoside Beer Festival 2023
Read more: Grenoside Beer Festival 2023You know the drill. Arrive at 10am. Set up the gear. Sound guy arrives at lunchtime. I go home. Reconvene and 7ish, have a pint. Play a bunch of songs. Have a breather and another pint. Play some more songs. Set the auto DJ going while we pack up. See you next year!
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Hooten Lodge 90s Festival
Read more: Hooten Lodge 90s FestivalWe’d been keeping the last bank holiday in August free in anticipation of a call from Farm Fest X. This didn’t come but we did get the call from the event organiser at Hooten Lodge who were looking for a live band to play at their 90s and 00s festival. As the sun dipped behind the trees…















